Luggage with changeable shape

ABSTRACT

A luggage of the present invention includes a case body and a cover plate. A communication opening forms on one side of the case to communicate with the interior of the case, and the case is provided with a main zipper chain around the communication opening. Opposite sides of the cover are respectively set as an outer surface and a inner surface, and the outer surface and the inner surface are respectively provided with subordinate zipper chains. Wherein, the main zipper chain can selectively meshes with one of the subordinate zipper chains to make the outer surface exposed outside the case, or meshes with the other subordinate zipper chain to expose the inner surface outside an accommodating space. Through it, a connection assembly allows the cover plate to be connected to or separated from the case body through different connection ways which enhancing the diversity of the appearance of the luggage.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a luggage with changeable shape, andmore in particular, to a luggage with the cover plate which can connectto the case body through various connection ways.

BACKGROUND

Luggage is a type of case that is used to place personal belongingstherein when traveling on holidays or abroad. With the increase indemand for use, a variety of luggages with different functions andstyles have appeared on the market.

The early luggage was made of wood or heavier materials. With thepopularity of air travel, the material of the luggage gradually useslightweight hard plastic or cloth. With the advancement of technology,in addition to the changes in the material of the luggage, the luggageis also gradually added with user-friendly design and effect, allowingusers to use the luggage conveniently.

Therefore, at present, there are luggages with various functions on themarket for users to choose. When users buy luggages, in addition tofunctional considerations, they will also consider the appearance of theluggage. Although bring users functional convenience, but choice for theappearance of the luggages is often only one, and the shell of theluggage cannot be replaced according to the needs of the user, therebymaking the appearance of the luggage unable to show a unique form.

In view of this, the currently available luggage cases still havedeficiencies in the change of the outer shell. There is demand of aninnovative improvement about a luggage structure that can change theouter shell of the luggage according to user preferences.

SUMMARY

The main purpose of the present invention is to improve the connectionmanner between the case and the cover, which makes the cover can beconnected to the case through different connection means, so that theouter surface of the cover can not only be exposed outside the case, oreven inner surface of the cover can also be chosen to be exposed outsidethe case, and thus the appearance of the luggage is more diverse.

To achieve above purpose, the luggage of the present invention comprisesa case body and a cover plate. An accommodating space is formed insidethe case body, and the accommodating space communicates with acommunication opening forming on a side of the case body, and theperiphery of the case body around the communication opening is arrangedwith a main zipper chain. In addition, the cover plate is used to coverthe communication opening, and the opposite sides of the cover plate arerespectively set as an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein theouter surface and the inner surface are respectively provided with afirst subordinate zipper chain and a second subordinate zipper chain.

Wherein the main zipper chain can be selectively meshed with the firstsubordinate zipper chain, such that the inner surface faces theaccommodating space to make the second subordinate zipper chain locatedinside the accommodating space, and the outer surface is exposed outsidethe accommodating space; or meshed with the second subordinate zipperchain, such that the outer surface faces the accommodating space to makethe first subordinate zipper chain located inside the accommodatingspace, and the inner surface is exposed outside the accommodating space.

In the present embodiment, the opposite ends of the first subordinatezipper chain are respectively configured as a first head stop and afirst tail stop, while a first body is arranged between the first headstop and the first tail stop. The first body has a flip section arrangedon the outer surface and a connection section formed on the flipsection. The flip section can be flipped to change from an initial stateto a flip state to cover the outer edge of the cover plate, so that theconnection section can move toward the inner surface.

Wherein, when the flip section is in the flip state, the connectionsection can be meshed with the main zipper chain to make the innersurface to face the accommodating space.

In addition, a loop form is presented when the first body is extendedfrom the first head stop along the contour of the outer surface to thefirst tail stop; and the outermost contour of the first body is smallerthan the contour of the cover plate when the flip section is in theinitial state. Wherein, when the flip section changes from the initialstate to the flip state, the outermost contour of the flip sectiongradually increases to be larger than the contour of the cover plate, sothat both the outer edge of the cover plate and the second subordinatezipper chain are surrounded by the first body.

Furthermore, both the first head stop and the first tail stop arearranged on the outer surface and are located on one side edge of thecover plate, and the second subordinate zipper chain is provided with asecond head stop and a second tail stop on the inner surface. The secondhead stop and the second tail stop are both located on the other sideedge of the cover plate, so that the first head stop and the second headstop are respectively located on the opposite side edges of the coverplate. Wherein, a first distance is formed between the first head stopand one of the two adjacent corners that in the cover plate, and asecond distance is formed between the second head stop and the other oneof the two adjacent corners that in the cover plate; and the firstdistance is equal to the second distance.

The present invention features a connection assembly provided betweenthe case body and the cover plate, and the main zipper chain of theconnection assembly can selectively meshes with the first subordinatezipper chain and the second subordinate zipper chain, so that throughthe connection assembly the cover plate can connect to the case bodythrough different connection means, and thus not only the outer surfaceof the cover plate can be exposed outside the case body, but also theinner surface of the cover plate be chosen to be exposed outside casebody, so that the appearance of the luggage can be more diverse.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustrating perspective view of the luggage inthe first preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustrating exploded view of the luggage in thefirst preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic illustrating the cover plate;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustrating the main zipper chain;

FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic illustrating the first and secondsubordinate zipper chains respectively on the outer and inner surface;

FIGS. 6A and 6B are schematic illustrating the cover plate connecting tothe case body; and

FIGS. 7A and 7B are schematic illustrating the cover plate connecting tothe case body through another connection means.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In order to further understand the structure, usage and features of thepresent invention more clearly and detailedly, the present invention isdescribed in detail below with references to the accompanying drawingsand specific preferred embodiments:

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2. In a first preferred embodiment, theluggage 1 of the present invention comprises a case body 10, a coverplate 20 and a connection assembly 30. The case body 10 shows a hollowstructure to allow the interior of the case body 10 to form anaccommodating space 11, and a communication opening 12 forms throughfront side of the case body 10 from front to back to communicate withthe accommodating space 11, and the cover plate 20 is at front side ofcase body 10. Please refer to FIGS. 3A and 3B. The front side of thecover plate 20 is set as an outer surface 21, and the outer surface 21is provided with two first storage bags 211 arranged longitudinally toeach other. The rear side of the cover plate 20 is set as an innersurface 22, and the inner surface 22 is provided with a second storagebag 221 of shape different from the first storage bag 211, such that theappearance of the outer surface 21 is different from that of the innersurface 22.

Please refer to FIG. 2. The connection assembly 30 is located betweenthe case body 10 and the cover plate 20. The connection assembly 30 isused to allow the cover plate 20 to be connected to the case body 10selectively through different connection means, so that the cover plate20 can cover the whole communication opening 12 of the case body 10.

Please refer to FIGS. 2, 3A and 3B. In the present embodiment, theconnection assembly 30 comprises a main zipper chain 31, a firstsubordinate zipper chain 32, a second subordinate zipper chain 33 and aslider 34. The main zipper chain 31 can be selectively assembled to orseparated from the first subordinate zipper chain 32 through the slider34, and even the main zipper chain 31 can be selectively assembled to orseparated from the second subordinate zipper chain 33 through the slider34. Please refer to FIGS. 2 and 4. One end of the main zipper chain 31is configured as a main head stop 311, and the other end away from themain head end 311 is configured as a main tail stop 312. Both the mainhead stop 311 and the main tail stop 312 are arranged on the case body10, and both the main head stop 311 and the main tail stop 312 arelocated at the periphery of the communication opening 12 of the casebody 10, so that the main head stop 311 and the main tail stop 312 bothare located on the same side of the communication opening 12 (as shownon the right side in the figure). Wherein a main body 313 is providedbetween the main head stop 311 and the main tail stop 312. The main body313 extends from the main tail stop 312 along the outline of thecommunication opening 12 to the main head stop 311, and the main body313 has a main flip section 313 a capable of changing the shape and amain connection formed by a plurality of teeth 313 b. One end of themain flip section 313 a is formed on the case body 10 so that the mainflip section 313 a surrounds the communication opening 12, and the otherend of the main flip section 313 a away from the case body 10 forms themain connection section 313 b.

Please refer to FIGS. 5A and 5B. The first subordinate zipper chain 32of the connection assembly 30 is arranged on the cover plate 20, and theopposite ends of the first subordinate zipper chain 32 are respectivelyconfigured as a first head stop 321 and a first tail stop 322. Both thefirst head stop 321 and the first tail stop 322 are arranged on theouter surface 21 of the cover plate 20. Both the first head stop 321 andthe first tail stop 322 are located on one side edge of the cover plate20, wherein the first subordinate zipper chain 32 is arranged with afirst body 323 between the first head stop 321 and the first tail stop322 on the outer surface 21. A loop form is presented when the firstbody 323 is extended from the first head stop 321 along the contour ofthe outer surface 21 to the first tail stop 322. As shown in the figure,the first body 323 in the form of a loop has a first flip section 323 awith a smaller profile than the cover plate 20 and a first connectionsection 323 b comprising a plurality of teeth. The first flip section323 a can change the shape and show a first initial state A1 with aprofile smaller than the cover plate 20, wherein one side of the firstflip section 323 a is sewn to the outer surface 21, and the other sideof the first flip section 323 a away from the outer surface 21 forms thefirst connection section 323 b. As shown in FIG. 5A, the first head stop321 and the first tail stop 322 are spaced at the lowest portion of thecover plate 20, so that a first distance H1 is formed between the firsthead stop 321 and one of the adjacent corners that in the cover plate20.

The second subordinate zipper chain 33 of the connection assembly 30 isarranged on the cover plate 20. One end of the second subordinate zipperchain 33 is configured as a second head stop 331, and the other end awayfrom the second head stop 331 is configured as a second tail stop 332.Both the second head stop 331 and the second tail stop 332 are arrangedon the inner surface 22 of the cover plate 20. Both the second head stop331 and the second tail stop 332 are located on the other side edge ofthe cover plate 20, so that the first head stop 321 and the second headstop 331 are respectively located on the opposite side edges of thecover plate 20; also, the first tail stop 322 and the second tail stop332 are respectively located on the opposite side edges of the coverplate 20. Wherein, the second subordinate zipper chain 33 is arrangedwith a second body 333 between the second head stop 331 and the secondtail stop 332 on the inner surface 22. The second body 333 extends fromthe second head stop 331 along the contour of the inner surface 22 tothe second tail stop 332 and a loop form is presented. As shown in thefigure, the second body 333 in the form of a loop has a second flipsection 333 a with a smaller profile than the cover plate 20 and asecond connection section 333 b comprising a plurality of teeth. Thesecond flip section 333 a can change the shape and show a second initialstate A2 with a profile smaller than the cover plate 20, wherein oneside of the second flip section 333 a is sewn to the inner surface 22,and the other side of the second flip section 333 a away from the innersurface 22 forms the second connection section 333 b. As shown in FIG.5B, the second head stop 331 and the second tail stop 332 are spaced atthe lowest portion of the cover plate 20, so that a second distance H2which has the same length as the first distance H1 is formed between thesecond head stop 331 and one of the adjacent corners that in the coverplate 20, which makes the first head stop 321 and the second head stop331 both have the same distance with respect to one of the adjacentcorners that in the cover plate 20. Please refer to FIG. 2 again, theslider 34 is movably connected to the main zipper chain 31 so that theslider 34 can move along the main zipper chain 31.

Please refer to FIGS. 6A and 6B, the first main flip section 313 a ofthe first subordinate zipper chain 32 is flipped from the outer surface21 of the cover plate 20 toward the inner surface 22 of the cover plate20, so that the outermost contour of the first body 323 graduallyincreases to be larger than the cover plate 20, which allows the firstbody 323 of the first subordinate zipper chain 32 to surround both theouter periphery of the cover plate 20 and the second subordinate zipperchain 33 of the connection assembly 30, and thus the first flip section323 a changes from the first initial state A1 to a first flip state A3.Accordingly, the first connection section 323 b of the first subordinatezipper chain 32 moves from the outer surface 21 toward the inner surface22 to approach the main zipper chain 31 of the connection assembly 30.Subsequently, the first tail stop 322 of the first subordinate zipperchain 32 enters the slider 34 of the connection assembly 30 so that thefirst tail stop 322 abuts against the main tail stop 312 of the mainzipper chain 31. Subsequently, the slider 34 moves along the main zipperchain 31 toward the main head stop 311 of the main zipper chain 31 whichmakes the main connection section 313 b of the main zipper chain 31meshed with the first connection section 323 b of the first subordinatezipper chain 32, and thus the cover plate 20 can connect with the casebody 10 to cover the communication opening 12 of the case body 10 withthe inner surface 22. Wherein, when the cover plate 20 is connected tothe case body 10, the first storage bag 211 provided on the outersurface 21 is exposed outside the accommodating space 11 of the casebody 10, and at the same time, the inner surface 22 of the cover plate20 faces the accommodating space 11, such that the second subordinatezipper chain 33 and the second storage bag 221 provided on the innersurface 22 are both located inside the accommodating space 11.

Please refer to FIGS. 7A and 7B. To expose the second storage bag 221which is provided on the inner surface 22 outside the accommodatingspace 11 of the case body 10, first flip over the second flip section333 a of the second subordinate zipper chain 33 from the inner surface22 of the cover plate 20 toward the outer surface 21 of the cover plate20, which makes the outer contour of the second body 333 graduallyincrease to be larger than the contour of the cover plate 20. When theouter contour of the second body 333 is larger than the contour of thecover plate 20, the second body 333 of the second subordinate zipperchain 33 surrounds both the outer periphery of the cover plate 20 andthe first subordinate zipper chain 32 of the connecting assembly 30, andthus the second flip section 333 a changes from the second initial stateA2 to a second flip state A4; accordingly, the second connection section333 b of the second subordinate zipper chain 33 moves from the innersurface 22 toward the outer surface 21 to approach the main zipper chain31 of the connection assembly 30. Subsequently, the second tail stop 332of the second subordinate zipper chain 32 enters the slider 34 of theconnection assembly 30 so that the second tail stop 332 abuts againstthe main tail stop 312 of the main zipper chain 31. Subsequently, theslider 34 moves along the main zipper chain 31 toward the main head stop311 of the main zipper chain 31, which makes the main connection section313 b of the main zipper chain 31 meshed with the second connectionsection 333 b of the second subordinate zipper chain 32, and thus thecover plate 20 can connect with the case body 10 to cover thecommunication opening 12 of the case body 10 with the outer surface 21.Wherein, when the cover plate 20 is connected to the case body 10, thesecond storage bag 221 provided on the inner surface 22 is exposedoutside the accommodating space 11 of the case body 10, and at the sametime, the outer surface 21 of the cover plate 20 faces the accommodatingspace 11, such that the first subordinate zipper chain 32 and the firststorage bag 211 provided on the outer surface 21 are both located insidethe accommodating space 11.

The above-instanced embodiments are used for conveniently describing thepresent invention, not further to limit it. For the person skilled inthe art of the disclosure, without departing from the concept of thedisclosure, simple modifications or changes can be made and should beincluded in the following claims and their equivalents of the presentapplication.

What is claimed is:
 1. A luggage with changeable shape, comprising: a case body internally formed with an accommodating space, wherein the accommodating space communicates with a communication opening forming on a side of the case body, and the periphery of the case body around the communication opening is arranged with a main zipper chain; a cover plate used to cover the communication opening, wherein the opposite sides of the cover plate are respectively set as an outer surface and an inner surface, and wherein the outer surface and the inner surface are respectively provided with a first subordinate zipper chain and a second subordinate zipper chain; wherein the main zipper chain can be selectively meshed with the first subordinate zipper chain, such that the inner surface faces the accommodating space to make the second subordinate zipper chain located inside the accommodating space, and the outer surface is exposed outside the accommodating space; and wherein or the main zipper chain is meshed with the second subordinate zipper chain, such that the outer surface faces the accommodating space to make the first subordinate zipper chain located inside the accommodating space, and the inner surface is exposed outside the accommodating space.
 2. The luggage with changeable shape according to claim 1, wherein the opposite ends of the first subordinate zipper chain are respectively configured as a first head stop and a first tail stop, while a first body is arranged between the first head stop and the first tail stop; and wherein the first body has a flip section arranged on the outer surface and a connection section formed on the flip section; and wherein the flip section can be flipped to change from an initial state to a flip state to cover the outer edge of the cover plate, so that the connection section can move toward the inner surface.
 3. The luggage with changeable shape according to claim 2, wherein when the flip section is in the flip state, the connection section can be meshed with the main zipper chain to make the inner surface to face the accommodating space.
 4. The luggage with changeable shape according to claim 2, wherein a loop form is presented when the first body is extended from the first head stop along the contour of the outer surface to the first tail stop; and the outermost contour of the first body is smaller than the contour of the cover plate when the flip section is in the initial state.
 5. The luggage with changeable shape according to claim 4, wherein when the flip section changes from the initial state to the flip state, the outermost contour of the flip section gradually increases to be larger than the contour of the cover plate, so that both the outer edge of the cover plate and the second subordinate zipper chain are surrounded by the first body.
 6. The luggage with changeable shape according to claim 2, wherein both the first head stop and the first tail stop are arranged on the outer surface and are located on one side edge of the cover plate; and wherein the second subordinate zipper chain is provided with a second head stop and a second tail stop on the inner surface; and wherein the second head stop and the second tail stop are both located on the other side edge of the cover plate, so that the first head stop and the second head stop are respectively located on the opposite side edges of the cover plate.
 7. The luggage with changeable shape according to claim 6, wherein a first distance is formed between the first head stop and one of the two adjacent corners that in the cover plate, and a second distance is formed between the second head stop and the other one of the two adjacent corners that in the cover plate; and the first distance is equal to the second distance. 